Drafting and planning

The name of my artist is Cobra Lily. I have been looking to develop the artists character. I came across this which represents a cobra. 

Organisation

I have been thinking about how I am going to style my model for my cover. I have decided this is the look I am aiming to go for and I have arranged to take photographs on Sunday the 19th of January so that I can begin to compose a draft version of my magazine cover.  This will enable me to materialise my ideas and allow me to see which parts of my cover and double page spread is going to work well and which parts will need to be altered. 

Drafting and planning and organisation

I have decided that this is the artist I am going to use. This is a photo which attempts to show the style I am aiming for with my magazine cover.

Drafting and planning

When creating this double paged spread I tried to go for a very minimalist approach as this was the style of magazine which inspired me the most. I featured a quote at the very top of the page which I thought looked very effective positioned at the top as it almost gave the page a headline. This photograph in the background is in black and white which meant this is the colour scheme I stuck to throughout. This colour of the text box alternated with the background which gave the whole double page spread a monochrome feel and the type of 'attitude' I wanted to achieve.

Drafting and planning and potential target audience

I created a cover which featured a black and white photograph as the background and I then chose to use pink and white fonts which were going to stand out. I feel that my choice of colour scheme worked well however when creating my magazine I may not use such a bright colours pink as I am aiming for more of a monochrome feel. I used the Olsen twins as the cover stars as I felt that they really embodied the look I am going for when photgraphing my model. I like the styling and the hair and makeup as it gives the pop rock edge I am trying to achieve.

Secondly I created a contents page which tried to continue the theme from the cover however I used brighter colours so that the readers would be drawn in to the inside of the magazine. The Olsen twins which I renamed 'The Larson Girls' also featured as they are the main story of the magazine so obviously play a big part. I chose to use reading festival and the band the 1975 as I felt that the target audience I am aiming to create my magazine for would be interested in these things.

Drafting and planning

Listening to artists such as avril lavigne I have seen a variety of different track names and taken some inspiration from her albums seeing as she is an artists alike to what I want to create.

Potential target audience

After doing a survey on what people think are the most important aspects of a magazine I have come up with an analysis. This shows all of the things females who are interested in rock music would contain in an interview. This will be helpful to me as it will give me a brief idea of what my target audience is looking for in a magazine which they would buy.